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Dunlap Livestock Auction

Name: Dunlap Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-09

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jun 9

● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164

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Receipts

171 head

▲ 54 vs last sale 117▼ 141 vs year ago 312 · −45.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison stated to the previous week's slaughter cattle auction given that week's light offering. Demand was good for today's consignments of reputation choice slaughter steer and heifers selling in load lots. Trade was active.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,411	253.03	3,571	48
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,399	241.51	3,379	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,440	255.04	3,673	111
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,300	247.22	3,213	5thin

Every lot

9 lots · USDA AMS · Dunlap Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Dunlap, IA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,185	249.96/cwt	240.50–260.00	2,962	2
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,376	245.39/cwt	243.00–246.50	3,377	3
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,410	254.87/cwt	253.10–259.00	3,594	49
Steers	—	Choice	1,459	255.17/cwt	250.50–255.60	3,723	61
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,760	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	4,488	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,225	243.92/cwt	240.00–248.00	2,988	2
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,349	254.63/cwt	252.50–258.00	3,435	25
Heifers	—	Choice	1,479	251.30/cwt	249.75–258.00	3,717	23
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,486	240.31/cwt	239.50–242.00	3,571	4

This sale against other markets

Iowa weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Iowa auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Dunlap Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Dunlap, IA

Tue Jun 9, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 171Last week 117Year ago 312

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,185	240.50–260.00	249.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,760	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,410	253.10–259.00	254.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,376	243.00–246.50	245.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,459	250.50–255.60	255.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,225	240.00–248.00	243.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,349	252.50–258.00	254.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,486	239.50–242.00	240.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,479	249.75–258.00	251.30

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.